®Planning appeal decision
Allowed6 September 20243341293
Churchfields Care Home , Pound Lane, Cassington, Oxfordshire, OX29 4BN
the erection of a key worker nurse accommodation block
- Authority
- West Oxfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Rawle S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any other relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupants, with regard to noise and the quality of living space
- Whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The identified need for key worker accommodation at the care home, which is clearly outweighed by the modest harm to Green Belt openness and inappropriateness, constitutes very special circumstances justifying the development.
Framework references: 11, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy OS2, Policy CAS9, Policy H2, Policy OS4
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